Synonyms of liquidating

liquidating

verb

present participle of liquidate

1

as in eradicating

to destroy all traces of

a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eradicating
• erasing
• abolishing
• destroying
• cancelling
• exterminating
• obliterating
• annihilating
• expunging
• canceling
• demolishing
• effacing
• wiping out
• extirpating
• sweeping (away)
• stamping (out)
• dismantling
• shattering
• killing
• blotting out
• cleaning (up)
• discarding
• ravaging
• rooting (out)
• decimating
• ruining
• wrecking
• devastating
• flattening
• dissolving
• consuming
• wasting
• razing
• blacking out
• totalling
• rubbing out
• snuffing (out)
• fragmenting
• smashing
• ejecting
• finishing
• totaling
• devouring
• dynamiting
• expelling
• pulverizing
• terminating
• jettisoning
• mowing (down)
• dashing
• tearing down
• atomizing
• splintering
• excising
• blasting
• ditching
• ousting
• powdering
• killing off
• cutting
• dooming
• blowing up
• zapping
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preserving
• protecting
• saving
• conserving
• creating
• building
• making
• constructing
• forming
• manufacturing
• shaping
• forging
• framing
• restoring
• repairing
• rebuilding
• fixing
• reconstructing
• fashioning
• fabricating
• renewing
• renovating
• revamping
• reconditioning
• patching
• mending

2

as in murdering

to put to death deliberately

his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• executing
• slaying
• killing
• neutralizing
• dispatching
• terminating
• destroying
• getting
• slaughtering
• whacking
• snuffing
• offing
• shooting
• taking out
• doing away with
• putting away
• doing in
• croaking
• knocking off
• icing
• eliminating
• claiming
• rubbing out
• bumping off
• eradicating
• exterminating
• massacring
• annihilating
• cutting down
• butchering
• zapping
• smiting
• shooting down
• blowing away
• felling
• blotting out
• carrying off
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

3

as in paying

to give what is owed for

used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• settling
• balancing
• meeting
• standing
• discharging
• clearing
• footing
• quitting
• paying off
• springing (for)
• recompensing
• paying up
• ponying up
• anteing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiating